Jimmy Page and Other Rockers React to Chris Cornell's Death

Music figures everywhere—from legends to up-and-coming rockers—are mourning the sudden and shocking loss of Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell, who died early this morning (May 18) at age 52, not long after performing with Soundgarden in Detroit.

Below, you can get a taste of the tributes that have been flooding social media all morning. We’ll be updating this story throughout the day.

A shining voice in music has left us in the midnight. He was a complex and gentle soul #ChrisCornell has flown into the black hole sun.

— Perry Farrell (@perryfarrell) May 18, 2017

So very very sad that we lost another beautifully gifted human today .. RIP brother #chriscornell pic.twitter.com/5MGCq0iEok